Nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) latex/graphene oxide (GO) membranes were fabricated through a latex compounding and curing method which is relatively new to produce for wastewater treatment. Hence, the steps in production of membrane this approach need be evaluated optimize performance membrane. In paper, effect sulfur loading range 0.5 1.5 parts per hundred (phr) on morphology, crosslink densit...

Cork, a material with great economic, social and environmental importance in Portugal, is also a good oil sorbent that can be used in the remediation of oil spills. The oil-impregnated cork can be easily removed, but requires further treatment. In the case of vegetable oil spills, anaerobic digestion may be a potential solution. This study aims to evaluate the effect of adding cork contaminated...

In this study, a novel flocculant was prepared by an inorganic polymetric flocculant (IPF) polysilicate ferroaluminum sulfate (PSFA) and rectorite (REC). The structure of the PSFA-REC composite was characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction (XRD), in order to determine the optimal temperature. The flocculation test was made at 25 , 45 and 65 , the res...

In this paper, results of the oily wastewater treatment by ceramic membranes in microfiltration process are simulated using neural network and hermia model. The process simulation by neural networks is written using MATLAB software program. The network input consisted of oil concentration (Coil), cross-flow velocity (CFV), temperature (T), trans-membrane pressure (TMP), and filtration time (t) ...

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Microbial degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons is one of the major practices in the natural decontamination process. We tested the effectiveness of some carriers and immobilization methodology for four cultures of hydrocarbon-degrading strains isolated from oil-polluted wastewater of the American Petroleum Institute (API) separators (1, 2, and 4) of the Alexandria Petroleum Company (APC), Alex...